---
name: "Carlos D'Alessio"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carlos-dalessio"
fi1m_id: "carlos-dalessio"
imdb_id: "nm0018166"
tmdb_id: 13683
wikidata_id: "Q143506"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "20 December 1935"
died: "14 June 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T23:57:24.645645+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carlos D'Alessio

## Identity

Carlos D'Alessio

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carlos-dalessio
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carlos-dalessio
- **IMDb ID:** nm0018166
- **TMDB ID:** 13683
- **Wikidata ID:** Q143506
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_d%27Alessio, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143506, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0018166/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13683

Composer. Born 20 December 1935 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Died 14 June 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 20 December 1935, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **Died:** 14 June 1992
- **Active:** 1975–1991
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 78 (1), 1990s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_d%27Alessio, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q143506, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0018166/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13683

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Delicatessen*](https://film.one/film/delicatessen.md) (83)

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## Biography

Carlos D'Alessio was an Argentine-born French composer. Born on 20 December 1935 in Buenos Aires, he studied architecture while pursuing an interest in music and cinema. He moved to New York in 1962 and became involved in avant-garde circles before settling in Paris in the early 1970s.

He is known for his long collaboration with filmmaker Marguerite Duras, composing scores for several of her films including *India Song* (1975). His other credits include *Maîtresse* (1976), *Hécate* (1982), the short *Foutaises* (1989) and *Delicatessen* (1991), for which he received the Best Original Soundtrack award at the Sitges Film Festival. He died in Paris on 14 June 1992.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Delicatessen* (1991), Fi1m 83, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/delicatessen.md)
- *India Song* (1975), Fi1m 78, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/india-song.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Delicatessen* (1991), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/delicatessen.md)
- *Things I Like, Things I Don't Like* (1990), Music
- *The Children* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Hecate* (1982), Music
- *The Games of Countess Dolingen* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Le Navire Night* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Baxter, Vera Baxter* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Entire Days in the Trees* (1977), Music
- *Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert* (1976), Original Music Composer
- *Maîtresse* (1976), Music
- *India Song* (1975), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/india-song.md)
- *Woman of the Ganges* (1974), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- César Award for Best Music Written for a Film 1976: César Award for Best Music Written for a Film (nominated), for *India Song*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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